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74 is CONGRESS . SESS. I. CH . 508. AUGUST 12, 1935 . for in this paragraph, the provisions of sections 305 and 306 of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932, as amended, shall apply. Public buildings, District of Columbia : The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for construc- tion of the following public-building projects in the District of Columbia, in amounts not exceeding the following respective esti- mated limits of cost, which limits of cost shall include salaries and other expenses required solely for the purpose of carrying out said public-building projects ; and the Secretary of the Treasury is au thori zed to di rect the prep arati on o f all ske tches , es timat es, plans , and specifi cations (includ ing sup ervision and in spectio n thereo f), and to enter into all contracts necessary for carrying out the pur- poses of this paragraph, and he is hereby authorized, when deemed by him desirable and advantageous, to employ, by contract or other- wise, temporary professional, technical, or nontechnical employees, firms, or corporations, to such extent as may be required to carry out the purpose s of th is parag raph, w ithout r eferenc e to ci vil-serv ice U.S .C.,p.85. laws, rules, and regulations, or to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, or to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U . S. C ., title 41, sec. 5) Bureau of Engraving and Printing : For site and construction of an additional building for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and other Treasury Department activities, including furniture, equip- ment, moving expenses, rental of temporary quarters during con- struction, demolition of the Economics Building located on the pro- posed site and, if necessary, the replacement thereof on Government- owned land, railroad sidings, and all necessary tunnels connecting the proposed building with the railroad sidings and with the main Bureau of Engraving and Printing Building, $2,000,000, within a tota l limit of cost not to ex ceed $5,500,000 . Government Printing Office : For necessary land and construction of annex buildings for the Government Printing Office, including rights-of-way, furniture, moving expenses, rental of temporary q uarte rs d uring con struc tion , rai lroa d sid ings , alt erat ions to e xisti ng buildings, all necessary tunnels connecting proposed and existing buildings, demolition of existing structures, all necessary changes in mechanical equipment, $2,000,000, within a total limit of cost not to exceed $5,885,000 . General Accounting General Accounting Office : For the extension on land owned by Office, extension. the Government and remodeling of the old Pension Office Building now occupied by the General Accounting Office, including furniture, equipment, rent of temporary quarters during construction, and moving expenses, $2,000,000, within a total limit of cost not to exceed $4,700,000 . Public buildings, District of Columbia . Contracts author- ized . Plans, etc . Technical, etc., serv- ices. U.S.C.,p.1803. Engraving and Print- ing Bureau, addition . Post, p. 1640. Economics Building. Go vernm ent P rint- ing Offic e, an nex . P ost, p. 1639 . War De partm ent . Quartermaster Corps. Military posts, etc., construction, remodel- ing, etc . U. S. C., pp. 293, 1787. U. S. C., p. 1803. WAR DEP ARTM ENT QUARTERMASTER COR PS Construction of buildings, utilities, and appurtenances at military posts : For construction, remodeling, reconditioning, and installation at military posts of buildings and appurtenances thereto, including interior facilities, necessary services, roads, connections to water, sewer, gas, and electric mains, and similar improvements without reference to sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes (U . S. C ., title 10, sec . 1339 ; title 40, sec . 267), including also the engagement by contract or otherwise without regard to section 3709, Revised Stat- utes (U. S . C ., title 41, sec . 5), and without regard to the restrictions of existing law governing the employment or compensation of
